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MR. BALFOUR'S DECLARATION.
· WE MUST HELP FRANCE." The British Government were pressed recently by various speakers in the Com ions for a statement as to their attitude Towards Berbia, the whole question of the Austrian Empire, and the restoration
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can doubt that we must go on support PROMOTION OF TRADE-WITH- ing, believing in, and helping France to
BELGIUM. rostore herself to what she was before the attnek, engineered against her by BRITISH COMMITTEE APPOINTED. Bismarck in 1870. (Cheers) Alsage and Lorraille were left from France by force. At no moment! since 1871 has the passionate desire of thos aken from for reunion diminished. (Cheers.) If the result of this war is to be, ne 1 hope it will be, that the tip of Europe will be a far more
of Alsace-Lorraine to France. Mr. Baltable man than any congress has yet left! four made a guarded reply, in which he can anybody doubt that one of the said that he were be doing a very ill arrangements of territory that must take service to this fountry if he attempted place is the restoration of that of which France was violently rabbed forty yours, to define Great Britain's position towards ago. (Cheers,) the problems of the Nose East. The shall, perhaps, be accused of having believed that the nationalities of Aust-violated my own canons in going thus far Hungary should be allowed to develop
But I do think that that (Laughter.) along their own lines and in their own stands in different entegory from these
interesting, important, even vital speculas tiens in which my hon. friends have in dulged with regard to the more easier portion of the European Continent, any rule, that is more obviously you
It nected with reconi historical events. comes more, immediately and directly under our notice. It seems to me to raise n question of which the solution is quita obvious, and therefore do not think I have done any harm in expressing at all events my own opinion, which is that
while France fights for Alan l Lor raine we should support her.
Mr. Balfour. However, put the question of Alsace-Lorraine on a totally different plane, and, in an eloquent passage asked how anyone who had supported France during the war and believed in France could doubt the duty of restoring to her the provinces which were torn from her after the war enginiered by Bismarck.
Mr. Balfour said:-The broad prin ciples which animated the Government hayeb expended by the late Prime Minister, the present Prime Minister, by the late Foreign Secretary, and by others in high office during the three years the Of course, how we are war has lasted. going to apply those bread principles depends upon endless circumstances of great complexity circunstanes of what goes on in Allied countries and in enetes countries. It may depend on the fortunes of war on the changing instances of the military and insal conditions in the world. How can we go ime details and anticipate now the work that will Cone have to be done by the final Peace
ress? I do not believe it is possible figy Statelinest wede by a responsible Minister is treated as a kind of pledge as to the precise and detailed come which ito pred by this Government of which is a menthey, when the time of the settlement arrives. That is a very dangerous way of treating this kind of strtement
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The Belgian Trade Committee, pointed a Comantee, to be known as vestigate the eats of promotion and ad- vancement of trade and commerce between the British Empire and Belgium.
The following are the terms of reference. for the Committee:
(1)This Comnite is established for the purpose of inquiring into all matters relative to trade between the British Em. pire and Belgium, with a view, to increase and develop that sende by every desirable
maak.
(2.)--I will be the duty of the Commitico to investigate as far as possible all means. to be adopted in order to attain the object
The Committe set eh in Parigraph 12 will examine into the supplies and re- quirements of the representative conmries (in so far as they have relation to its acope), and give advice as to how trade It will obtaiTA between them man best be established, de- veloped, and increased. information and evidence from all rail- able sources, and endeavour to render alk wannfacture, imports and exports, and possible assistance in regard to shipping, trade generally lastween the Empire aut
France, of curse, it not fighting for tйmittee will consist of three
rupted by sinister designs of universal domination. Hut that does not mean that anybody is fool enough to suppose that they can impose upon Germany à Con- Germany must work out her own salva- bitution outside Germany (Hone, hear.) tion.
You don't mend matters by imo- posing a Constitution even if you have Nations must make their the power. scheme of liberty for themselves ageording to their own ideas, based upon their his tory, character, mad hopes suggested for the future.
Alsace and Lorraine alone. She is fight-representatives appointed by the Foreign (Cheers.) Oflies, and three representatives appoint- ing for her very existence. But the struggle which has been forced et by the Bonvel of Trade A chairman sumber. The Committee shall have power upon her includes, and could not help and secretary will be chosen from their add to its numbers by the appointment. including, this other problem, so intimate connected with her recent fastory. therefore I say, while we are determine of such persons of experience in the mat to see so far as in us lies, that Francs ers with which it has to deal is it may shall not be crashed, that carries with it think expedient, and it will also consult 31, as I believe, the war 14 from time to time offer representatives of a corollary, deitianato commerce having strain knowledge of (4)--It is particularly laid down that aspirations of France, the restoration of Belgian trade shipping, and finance. that which was France's is s inter in Third we are closely and nearly concern- the purpose of this Committer shall be a ed. although, of course, we have no selfish general and that in shall mit be part or self-entred interest in such a happy of its duties to foster the advancement of It is disinterested, but the trule of any particular individual or commation. don't think or that account it is less firm, nor to devole its assistance to any worthy of the attention of this House af special branch of trade or industry except Nobody can doubt that the questions in relation in the general principle for My man friend and the newspapers call raised to-night are probaldy at this the which it is established.
Europe for previse statements as to what you are el, in one forms or another, weighing going to door the Government, are going in the mind of every statesimin in to do, in this or that part of Europe and America, that is, occupying the What is the proper method of treating the thoughts of the whole civilised world, almost to the exclusion of every other dub Jugo Slavs, what is the proper dealing with Austria All kinds of jeet, of interent, and it is therefore folly, 1 should schettes are advocated. You cannot deal think, to ask an nssembly like this to which you can deal with the historic never ask my hon. friends to abstain fru with these problems in that pereise spirit deide on those great chomes, problems of the past. None af as has the expressing with due caution and due re serve their hopes and their beliefs an these power of foreseeing the circumstances in
Certainly, if all which the work will fod itself when these important topics. problems are finally decided, unless you the scches delivered on these subjects rose to the level of some of those we have cau arrogate to yourself the gift
But if it be true that the ghat passe phiey. How can you ask anyone to come heard to-night the debates here would be
of German Imperialism still depends upon mit himself, and hircountry, and verba is well worthy of the attention of the coun- try and of public opinion among our in a certain sense, the Allied countries, to friends and Allies abroad. But I must be belief a belief driven into the Ger previse statements upon these immens ly important probleing? You cant do it. repeat the hope that the interest which man antion by the ware of 1866 and 16:0 And I think. 1. Should be doing a very ill we all feel almost to an unprecedented that only nuder the Usporial system: service to the country were. I tu attempt extent in these problems will never take an Germany be great, powurfų), and rich. the form of asking the Government to go then it may be that if experience shows to do it now. The debate began tonight into details about future arrangements, but the Imperialistic system can products Which the Austrian Empire is to be in this Government along or the
a dispute as to the precise method which do not depend, resember that, tipo of merely triumph at out flutt in
fent to corresponding disaster af another, then it pray well be that those teente fries composing that heterogeneous What we desire, is that the
ernment of any other single State alone.
views, which fount such powerful ex How the balance of forces will go when vision in Ligermany in 1848 and which not pression all the German teacher's more pence coines to be seriously discussed,
those who wish to talk about if for ani the purpose of disintegrating the alliance that a generation before the Bismarckian of the Allies, but for the more difficult domination-these ideas will receive a new lastre and new strength, and Germany. purpose of bringing an end to the pres with all her powers of organisation and horrors under which the world is groaning all her inherited cultivation, will be add- WHY WE ENTEREÏK THE WAR.
ed to those nations who before this war La any event, as everybody knows, we when that time comes the result, will not vatered into this war with little in our merely depend upon the speculations or
broke out could hardly conceive how a severally, mind besides the necessity of defending the wishes which we, singly or Belgium, and the necessity of preventing whether members of the House or of the universal war of this sort could be de France being crushed "efore our eyes community, or on what this nation or that liberately provoked in order to further (Hear, bear. These were the two motives particularly desirasti impossible for the commercial or political interests of which brought us into the war-Nohody any man to prophesy with confidence how my single community. with the smallest knowledge of the facts and in what form the lay of tho forces comes to the level of the nited States belived that when Sir Edward Grey and will ultimately mould the destinies we may hope that at all events, one
for ever eliminated in European history the Goverment of which he was a member unkind; and to ask us to lay down pr the great disturberg of the peace will be
de that fateful declaration in Monday, cisely that on which we shall insist, or ithout insisting upon wa August 3rd, there was in the minds of that which w either the people who rande the declaration shall press for, or without pressing for or these who listened to in the smalles we should like to see, or that we should thought of these great problems which, in view with perfect indifference, to ask the course of the war, have opened out to classify the ends, and the precise apot us." It is clear than we did not enter amount of effort and sacrifice we are going into the war with any salahpurpose. We hear the phrase How echoed and re- bord.No Huperialist policy: no war indeiities." Well, we did not go into this war for an Tuperialist policy, and certainly not to get indemnities.
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do not know who will venture to say fur moment that looking at the interna! allowed to see it at the present time, the condition of Germany, so far as we are ideas of which I have been speaking will really grow. in such a fashion as to raise legimate hopes that in our lifetime, we
to bake for each of those ends, in to ask shall see that established. I make no ench the Government to take a road which promise, but I am such that if not estab Government can take with success.
established either. ure dealing with forces far too great, la lished the security of Europe will not be too complex, to be dealt with in that man
do What we have got to is to to the world that we are not fighting for fighting's sake. We desire peace as earnestly
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OUR IMMEDIATE DUTY. Until Germany is either made powerless or made free I do not believe the We went into it, and we have remained
of Europe can be secured. (lear, heur.) main for purposes which are really un- Selfish (Chsers) and I don't think; the
Nothing is clearer to me than that if our fore, we have anything from that point as any community of those who are now object be to carry out that policy the in... of view to give up. We stand necessarily suffering the least burden and the calami mediate duty before us is not to discuss. in a different position from many of our ties of war. The peace we desire is Allies, simply because it has never entered
one
an, frota whatever party he would be shat be based partly, we trust, upon thy gave at our comingud.
which shall involve such
which shall not last merely until people in detail what kind of terms of pouce we into the thoughts, and never could enter have half-forgotten the horrors and the mould, like when the war comes to an end. into the thoughts, of any British state exhaustion of this war, but a peace but to fight on with all the strenuous the corollary? What is the drawn, that he was entering into this war growth of national morality (hear, bear) concision of this part of the argument? to increas British possessions on the Compartly, we may hope on the importance The conclusion is that if this war ends tinent of Europe. We are free from aay of international relations that will make with a Gerinan peace, that German pence taint a suspicion of such a policy even the gratuitous breaking of the world's will only be the prelude to a new war. German peace, but in the minds of our most dangerous enery, peace a crime for which the criminal is If it does not end in That gives both to America and ourselves punished(cheers) and also, beyond all peace which commends itself to the con a position which can hardly be arrogated that, a pente ich a modification of the mention these two countries because science of America and of Great Britain theuvelyrs by any other of the rom. rearringsfairs of Europe that there will they are the only two who have no selfista batants in this war. I do not think it political would be really wis wer--to follow the not be a balance of power in precisely the European interests in this matter--but if course of my right hon. friends and enter old sense of the word, but such a commends itself to the conscience of inti prophecies of what might be done. range it for more ificult for America, Great Britain, and all those of make the our Allies who are fighting, as they are, should be done, or could be done. (Hear, hear) We all wish the same thing. We disturbers of the peace to find a soil is for their existence, then it will not be r all wish to see Europe come out of this which to sow their bitter and futal seed, German peace, it will be a peace which struggle not only freer, but more stable and will make that seed itself much less will probably be in the end a blessing to A warranted cure for Cheers. We want to see it out of the productive of its disastrous crops than Germany as well as to the rest of mankind. acquired or constitutiest. Die Struggle with fewer of those causes which has been the case in our own time, and but at any rate it will be a peace of divide mankind and act as a perpetual again in the lifetime of our grandfathers which there will be some chance, someo charges from the Urinary irritant and is a national ambition and great-grandfathers.
How that end can be pursued exactly probability, that it will last not merely national-vanity. We want to diminish the OLARKE'S Organs in either sex.
famous Pils zizo enxo Gravel, future prospect of war by diminishing the how we are going to deal with great and beyond the immediate generation which 3. 41.
Kidney Disorders. Free from number of reasons which drive nations ancient Monarchies like Austria, how has won this horrible war, but it will Austria and Germany are going to deal last until we have reached the stage at
international development which into war. (Cheers.) PILIS.
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We are all agreed that by satisfying with their internal problems, which they make a recurrence of these horrors un oes Sold by all Chemiste
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a great way to carry out that ideal. Is it can effectively discuss these questions Mr. Ponsonby (R., Stirling Burgh). the world.
wise to do more than lay down those broad across the floor of the House at this pre general principles of policy? I greatly seat stage of the war doubt whether it is. (Hear, hear.). I
DEMOCRATISATION OF GERMANY. believe that we who, at the moment at all | One word as to the democratisation of events, are responsible for conduct Germany. We all hope that the autocracy ing the international affairs of the in Germany will give place to free govern country will only hamper ourselves and our successors by precise statements upon this or upon that point. (Heat, bear.)
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while agreeing with much that Mr. Bal four had said, regretted that the right bon. gentleman had laid what he consider ed undue emphasis on the question of Alsace-Lorraine. (Cries of "No.").
Mr. Balfour: I was not making a ment as we understand free government, balanced statement as to what is to be to Parliamentary institutions as we adopted in regard to Europe, and my understand Parliamentary institutions; speech must not be taken in that scase. and it has been stated by high authorities was simply making a debating reply to that it is hardtoace how you can the speeches made beforehand, and the negotiate a stable peace except you find thon member must not say I laid undue a community to deal with, based upon a emphasis on one part or another. It was not intended to be a survey of the whole popular will, and a popular will not cor
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